Russia’s envoy to the European Union, Vladimir Chizhov, has rejected options that his nation is about to assault Ukraine.
The New York Instances cited a US intelligence supply as saying that Moscow was discussing this Wednesday (February 16) as a date for army motion in Ukraine, which Chizhov denied in remarks revealed in German newspaper Die Welt.
What did Chizhov say?
“So far as Russia is anxious, I can guarantee you that there might be no assault this Wednesday,” Chizhov instructed Die Welt.
“There might be no escalation within the coming week both, or within the week after that, or within the coming month.”
“Wars in Europe hardly ever begin on a Wednesday,” Chizhov added.
Moscow’s ambassador to Brussels made comparable feedback in December.
Since then US officers have stated their intelligence exhibits Russia may very well be planning to assault Ukraine earlier than the tip of the Winter Olympics on February 20.
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‘So the place’s the proof?’
Chizhov condemned the US allegations of a potential invasion of Ukraine.
“If you make allegations, particularly very critical allegations towards Russia, you even have a accountability to current proof. In any other case it is slander,” Chizhov stated.
“So the place’s the proof?” Chizhov requested.
He urged the West to take Russia’s safety considerations critically, saying “when our companions lastly hearken to our professional considerations, a strategy of detente won’t be lengthy in coming.”
“That will be within the curiosity of all Europeans from Lisbon to Vladivostok, but in addition of all different nations on the planet,” he added.
Russia has demanded that NATO limit actions in Japanese Europe and promise to not give Ukraine membership within the alliance. The Kremlin has additionally demanded a ban on deploying weapons methods off Russia’s borders.
sdi/jsi (dpa)